In July of 1940, one Junkers Ju 86P-2 of the Aufklärungsgruppe Ob.d.L was overflying Britain at 41,000 ft. with impunity, on a photographic sortie.
The best British interceptor Spitfire Mk. II had 37,000 ft. service ceiling and the best US interceptor, Republic YP-43, had 38,000 ft.
In November 1944 the armour of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Sturmböck weighed 256 kg and the pilots had to use the MW 50 power boost and doubling the fuel consumption rate to reach the flight altitude of the turbocharged American bombers.
During the last months of 1940, the Luftwaffe conducted clandestine reconnaissance sorties, deep into the Soviet airspace, operating with a mixture of Dornier Do 215 B-4, Dornier Do 217 A-0, Junkers Ju 86 P-2 and Junkers Ju 86 R-1 spy planes.
The MiG-3 was originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor but in real combat conditions some planes entered irrecoverable spins flying at 30,000 ft.
It was known that the B-29 could fly at high altitudes thanks to its turbocharged engines, but when it first appeared at 33,000 ft. above Tokyo, it was flying so fast that the Ki.44 interceptors of the 47th Sentai could not reach it.
The appearing of these sub-stratospheric planes forced the British, Germans, Russians, and Japanese to design and build 186 different types of high-altitude interceptors described in this book in 156 pages of drawings and 70,000 words.
CONTENTS
Junkers EF 6,
Renard R.36,
Renard R.37,
Renard R.38,
Renard R.39,
Renard R.40,
Renard R.42,
Junkers Ju 86 P-1,
Junkers Ju 86 R-2,
Hawker P.1004,
Vickers Type 432,
Westland Welkin,
D.H. Mosquito F. Mk. XV,
D.H. Mosquito NF. Mk. XIX,
D.H. Mosquito NF. Mk. 30,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VI,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. IX,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VII,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VIII,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. XIV,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VC,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4/R6,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R8,
Messerschmitt Me 209 H V1,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H V55,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H-0,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H-1,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-10 Höhenjäger,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190V18/U1,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 H-0,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 H-1,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 A,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 with Jumo 222 and laminar wing,
Messerschmitt Me 155 Ausführung B,
Messerschmitt Me P1091 Stuffe II,
Messerschmitt Me P1091 Stuffe III,
Focke-Wulf Extremen-Höhenjäger,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 A,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 B,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 B-1,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 C-1,
Blohm und Voss P.205,
Blohm und Voss P.208,
Blohm und Voss P.198,
BMW TL Strahljäger projekt V,
Dornier P. 238,
Dornier P. 247,
Dornier P. 251,
Dornier P. 252,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit Jumo 222 C/D,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit Jumo 222 A,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-10 Höhenjäger with strahlrohr,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Höhenjagdflugzeug,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 C,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW 802,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW P.8011,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW 803 A,
Focke-Wulf P.0310.025-1006,
Focke-Wulf Hochleistungsjäger,
Heinkel P. 1076,
Henschel P. 75,
Lippisch Projekt X,
Lippisch-DFS 194,
Messerschmitt Me 163 A,
Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1,
Lippisch 8-334 (Me-334),
Lippisch P.20,
Messerschmitt Me 163 V18,
Messerschmitt Me 163 C-1,
Messerschmitt Me 163 D,
Messerschmitt Me 263 A-1/Junkers Ju 248,
Skoda-Kauba V5,
Junkers Ju 388 J V2,
Horten Ho IX V1,
Horten Ho IX V3,
OKO MiG-1,
MiG-3,
Sukhoi Su-3,
Yak-7 PD,
Yak-9 PD,
MiG I-220 (MiG-11),
MiG I-221,
MiG I-222,
Lavochkin La-7 TK,
MiG I-224,
Sukhoi Su-7R,
MiG I-225,
Yak-3 M,
Lavochkin LaGG-3 PVRD,
Yak-7 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-7S/D-10 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-9 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-9 RD,
MiG I-250 (MiG-13),
Sukhoi I-107 (Su-5),
Golovin IVS,
Bereznyak-Isayev BI,
Yak-7R,
Tikhonravov I-302,
Florov 4302-02,
Polikarpov Malyutka,
Lavochkin La-7R,
Yakovlev Yak-3 RD,
Gudkov Gu-VRD,
LaGG-3/RD,
Gudkov Gu-VRDK-1,
Curtiss XP-37,
Curtiss YP-37,
Curtiss XP-60,
Curtiss XP-60,
Curtiss XP-60D,
Curtiss XP-60A,
Curtiss XP-60C,
Curtiss XP-60E,
Curtiss YP-60E,
Curtiss XP-62,
Curtiss XF14 C-2,
Davis Bat fighter,
Davis Manta fighter,
Lockheed L-133,
Lockheed XP-80A,
Lockheed YP-80A,
Lockheed P-80A,
North American F.T.B.,
North American Jet Mustang,
North American P-51 with Ford PJ-31 F-1pulsejets,
North American P-51 with Marquardt XRJ-30-MA ramjets,
North American P-51 with Aerojet 1.3K rocket,
North American XP-51J,
North American XP-51F,
North American P-51H,
North American ETF-51D,
North American NAA- 133,
North American XFJ-1,
North American NA-140 (4 October, 1944),
North American NA-140 (15 August, 1945 project),
North American NA-140 (April 23, 1946 project),
North American XP-86 (October 1, 1947),
Northrop XP-56,
Northrop XP-79,
Northrop MX-324/MX-334,
Republic XP-47H,
Republic XP-47J,
Republic P-47 N with swept wing,
Republic XP-72,
Republic XP-69,
Vultee XP-54,
Vultee XP-68,
Vultee XP-81,
Mitsubishi A6M4 with Sakae 21 turbocharger,
Nakajima Ki.44, Nakajima Ki.84 Sa Go, Ki.84-III, Ki.84N, Ki.84P and Ki.84R,
Kawasaki Ki.64,
Nakajima Ki.87,
Tachikawa Ki.94,
Manshu Ki.98,
Nakajima Ki.201,
Mitsubishi J2M4 and J2M5,
Kawanishi N1K1-J,
Mitsubishi A7M2,
Mitsubishi A7M3,
Mitsubishi A7M3-J-KAI,
Mitsubishi A8M1,
Kawanishi A8K1,
Kawanishi High-Performance Shiden-KAI,
Nakajima 20-shi-Ko,
Mitsubishi J4M, J4M2,
J4M3 and J4M4,
Kyushu MXY6,
Kyushu J7W1,
Kyushu J7W2,
Kugisho MXY6,
Mitsubishi J8M1,
Mitsubishi Ki.200,
Mitsubishi J8M2 Shusui-KAI,
Mitsubishi Ki.202,
Yokosuka MXY8,
Yokosuka MXY9,
Mitsubishi Ki.46-III-Hei,
Yokosuka D4Y2-S Model 12,
Nakajima C6N1-S,
Nakajima C6N3-KAI Model 22,
Aichi S1A Denko,
Kawasaki Ki.102-Hei.
The best British interceptor Spitfire Mk. II had 37,000 ft. service ceiling and the best US interceptor, Republic YP-43, had 38,000 ft.
In November 1944 the armour of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Sturmböck weighed 256 kg and the pilots had to use the MW 50 power boost and doubling the fuel consumption rate to reach the flight altitude of the turbocharged American bombers.
During the last months of 1940, the Luftwaffe conducted clandestine reconnaissance sorties, deep into the Soviet airspace, operating with a mixture of Dornier Do 215 B-4, Dornier Do 217 A-0, Junkers Ju 86 P-2 and Junkers Ju 86 R-1 spy planes.
The MiG-3 was originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor but in real combat conditions some planes entered irrecoverable spins flying at 30,000 ft.
It was known that the B-29 could fly at high altitudes thanks to its turbocharged engines, but when it first appeared at 33,000 ft. above Tokyo, it was flying so fast that the Ki.44 interceptors of the 47th Sentai could not reach it.
The appearing of these sub-stratospheric planes forced the British, Germans, Russians, and Japanese to design and build 186 different types of high-altitude interceptors described in this book in 156 pages of drawings and 70,000 words.
CONTENTS
Junkers EF 6,
Renard R.36,
Renard R.37,
Renard R.38,
Renard R.39,
Renard R.40,
Renard R.42,
Junkers Ju 86 P-1,
Junkers Ju 86 R-2,
Hawker P.1004,
Vickers Type 432,
Westland Welkin,
D.H. Mosquito F. Mk. XV,
D.H. Mosquito NF. Mk. XIX,
D.H. Mosquito NF. Mk. 30,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VI,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. IX,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VII,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VIII,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. XIV,
Supermarine Spitfire H.F. Mk. VC,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4/R6,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8/R8,
Messerschmitt Me 209 H V1,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H V55,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H-0,
Messerschmitt Bf 109 H-1,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-10 Höhenjäger,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190V18/U1,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 H-0,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 H-1,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 A,
Focke-Wulf Fw Ta 152 with Jumo 222 and laminar wing,
Messerschmitt Me 155 Ausführung B,
Messerschmitt Me P1091 Stuffe II,
Messerschmitt Me P1091 Stuffe III,
Focke-Wulf Extremen-Höhenjäger,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 A,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 B,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 B-1,
Blohm und Voss BV 155 C-1,
Blohm und Voss P.205,
Blohm und Voss P.208,
Blohm und Voss P.198,
BMW TL Strahljäger projekt V,
Dornier P. 238,
Dornier P. 247,
Dornier P. 251,
Dornier P. 252,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit Jumo 222 C/D,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit Jumo 222 A,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-10 Höhenjäger with strahlrohr,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Höhenjagdflugzeug,
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 C,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW 802,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW P.8011,
Focke-Wulf jäger mit BMW 803 A,
Focke-Wulf P.0310.025-1006,
Focke-Wulf Hochleistungsjäger,
Heinkel P. 1076,
Henschel P. 75,
Lippisch Projekt X,
Lippisch-DFS 194,
Messerschmitt Me 163 A,
Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1,
Lippisch 8-334 (Me-334),
Lippisch P.20,
Messerschmitt Me 163 V18,
Messerschmitt Me 163 C-1,
Messerschmitt Me 163 D,
Messerschmitt Me 263 A-1/Junkers Ju 248,
Skoda-Kauba V5,
Junkers Ju 388 J V2,
Horten Ho IX V1,
Horten Ho IX V3,
OKO MiG-1,
MiG-3,
Sukhoi Su-3,
Yak-7 PD,
Yak-9 PD,
MiG I-220 (MiG-11),
MiG I-221,
MiG I-222,
Lavochkin La-7 TK,
MiG I-224,
Sukhoi Su-7R,
MiG I-225,
Yak-3 M,
Lavochkin LaGG-3 PVRD,
Yak-7 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-7S/D-10 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-9 PVRD,
Lavochkin La-9 RD,
MiG I-250 (MiG-13),
Sukhoi I-107 (Su-5),
Golovin IVS,
Bereznyak-Isayev BI,
Yak-7R,
Tikhonravov I-302,
Florov 4302-02,
Polikarpov Malyutka,
Lavochkin La-7R,
Yakovlev Yak-3 RD,
Gudkov Gu-VRD,
LaGG-3/RD,
Gudkov Gu-VRDK-1,
Curtiss XP-37,
Curtiss YP-37,
Curtiss XP-60,
Curtiss XP-60,
Curtiss XP-60D,
Curtiss XP-60A,
Curtiss XP-60C,
Curtiss XP-60E,
Curtiss YP-60E,
Curtiss XP-62,
Curtiss XF14 C-2,
Davis Bat fighter,
Davis Manta fighter,
Lockheed L-133,
Lockheed XP-80A,
Lockheed YP-80A,
Lockheed P-80A,
North American F.T.B.,
North American Jet Mustang,
North American P-51 with Ford PJ-31 F-1pulsejets,
North American P-51 with Marquardt XRJ-30-MA ramjets,
North American P-51 with Aerojet 1.3K rocket,
North American XP-51J,
North American XP-51F,
North American P-51H,
North American ETF-51D,
North American NAA- 133,
North American XFJ-1,
North American NA-140 (4 October, 1944),
North American NA-140 (15 August, 1945 project),
North American NA-140 (April 23, 1946 project),
North American XP-86 (October 1, 1947),
Northrop XP-56,
Northrop XP-79,
Northrop MX-324/MX-334,
Republic XP-47H,
Republic XP-47J,
Republic P-47 N with swept wing,
Republic XP-72,
Republic XP-69,
Vultee XP-54,
Vultee XP-68,
Vultee XP-81,
Mitsubishi A6M4 with Sakae 21 turbocharger,
Nakajima Ki.44, Nakajima Ki.84 Sa Go, Ki.84-III, Ki.84N, Ki.84P and Ki.84R,
Kawasaki Ki.64,
Nakajima Ki.87,
Tachikawa Ki.94,
Manshu Ki.98,
Nakajima Ki.201,
Mitsubishi J2M4 and J2M5,
Kawanishi N1K1-J,
Mitsubishi A7M2,
Mitsubishi A7M3,
Mitsubishi A7M3-J-KAI,
Mitsubishi A8M1,
Kawanishi A8K1,
Kawanishi High-Performance Shiden-KAI,
Nakajima 20-shi-Ko,
Mitsubishi J4M, J4M2,
J4M3 and J4M4,
Kyushu MXY6,
Kyushu J7W1,
Kyushu J7W2,
Kugisho MXY6,
Mitsubishi J8M1,
Mitsubishi Ki.200,
Mitsubishi J8M2 Shusui-KAI,
Mitsubishi Ki.202,
Yokosuka MXY8,
Yokosuka MXY9,
Mitsubishi Ki.46-III-Hei,
Yokosuka D4Y2-S Model 12,
Nakajima C6N1-S,
Nakajima C6N3-KAI Model 22,
Aichi S1A Denko,
Kawasaki Ki.102-Hei.
